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Poetry competition CLOSED 23rd August 2015 4:40pm
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Best of the best ... Part II (most commented)

LobodeSanPedro
Tyrant of Words
Sierra Leone 109awards
Joined 16th Apr 2013
Forum Posts: 3304

Poetry Contest

Post your poem that has the most DUP comments
Got this idea from another competition being hosted by Madi ...

For this one post your poem that has the most comments that is not erotica.  

You may post up to two poems, and Yes it can be a prior winner of a DUP competition.

Judging will be done by participants ... If you post something I'll ask you to PM me your first three choices of poems that are not your own.

If you don't vote your piece(s) will not be considered in the final tally.
Points for voting: 10-9-8 for first - second and third.

Also, please ... please take a moment to vote on a few of the abandoned competition pieces.

Thanks

poet Anonymous

Original piece: http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/212183-nesting/

Nesting

3am  
and there is silence.  

Gaia has stitched silver buttons  
on the tapestry of the sky  
they gleam; new pennies  
in pockets I call home.  

Tonight I am the doe  
I see on the stony ridge,  
inanimate, soundly aware  
of scavengers, soft ghosts  
that linger on the spines  
of the leaves  

her eyes,  
dead honey to my wishes,  
lightning strikes of leavings,  
sonnets of solitude and bile  
spiralling in dark crystal pupils  
that do not read the years ahead.  

I give her gifts of my sorrow,  
of names I can only whisper  
in darkness such as this  
when the moon is full  
and I am but a child  

sitting on the knees of my father  
who sleeps with a heavy sigh  
hiding the same black eyes  
she gifts me, on this night  
as the stars have laid down  
to die.  


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Written after a very late night in the woods, listening to this: http://youtu.be/p-ca1ocriv0

JohnFeddeler
Tyrant of Words
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Forum Posts: 325

http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/198035-quemadura/


      Quemadura


‘The moment he saw her, he knew everything would burn.’
                                                                                 Anais Nin


I want you naked.
but if you are cold, you will wear my poet shirt.
it’s blue & oversized. it was designed to let the
poetry of my heart expand, & never be restricted.

it’s coarse on the inside, because I am coarse.
if it hurts you, it will be me hurting you,
and you will cherish that hurt.

that woman, that extraordinary woman who was
Anais Nin, said that we write to serenade our lovers.
and so I serenade you with this poem. the poems
you keep will be mine, only mine.

if other men have made poems for you, burn them;
give the ashes to the wind, that they might be scattered.
I will watch the wind, & know that you have done this.
the wind will travel where I cannot,
the place where you are.
the place that you hate.

love is a house made of straw, the frail shack in which you hide.
my lust is fire, hotter than the walls of Hell, & with that fire,
I will burn down your sanctuary,
to steal you for my craven hunger.

I say these things because I am mad –
mad with desire for you…


(Art by James Avati)


harliequin
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Joined 30th July 2015
Forum Posts: 103

Vampyre

So succulent
the slender
slope of flesh
that travels to your

clavicle
where the constellations
of my cravings
course and coalesce

So intoxicating
is your
incense
inflaming my senses

firing fervid
frenzied fevered
fingers flaming
through my frame

sated only by
incisors sinking
savagely
in your skin

Life leeched
lustfully
lingering liquidly
lovely

pulsating
prettily pouring
perfectly
poetically

Destined
drink
of death
Divine.


Written by harliequin
Published 30th July 2015 11:47am
- Last modified 30th July 2015 1:58pm
likes 3 • reading list entries 0
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http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/211914-vampyr/

harliequin
Thought Provoker
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Forum Posts: 103

Old Man Scarecrow

Old Man Scarecrow
I see you shake your cup
I hear the coins a-jingling
I smell that you gave up

Old Man Scarecrow
what tragedy befell
that brought you to the shame of this
desolate dirty hell

Old Man Scarecrow
no strength to tell your tale
but just enough to hold your cup
and beg with a faint wail

Old Man Scarecrow
there's not much I can do
when pity-given money wastes
on crack rocks and cheap booze


Written by harliequin
Published 14th August 2015 3:21pm
likes 3 • reading list entries 0
• comments 8 • reads 15


http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/213302-old-man-scarecrow/

crimsin
Unveiling
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Forum Posts: 2636

Limerick Rake

I miss your presence  
in a way I can't explain  
your clever retorts    
always making me laugh  
   
though I feel a chasm between us now  
one that I dare not cross  
I reflect as another cigarette burns low  
   
paranoia maybe, I don't know  
though I feel a heavy feeling in my chest  
pressing upon me making it difficult to breathe  
enamored with you for so long my friend  
   
the first to see me for who I truly am  
with your keen observations  
stood by me when I was just getting to my feet  
I guess there comes a time when we must stand alone  
   
I'm nothing more than what you see  
exposed and raw on the page  
hiding at times behind a façade    
that you see through all so clearly  

http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/159416-limerick-rake/

crimsin
Unveiling
Tyrant of Words
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Forum Posts: 2636

Whisper

Hiding from you    
in plain sight    
not uttering a word    
and saying too much    
     
I dare not speak    
lest I crumble    
and fall apart    
     
Still I whisper    
in your ear    
can you hear me?    
     
Fading into the distance    
lonely without your friendship    
I wonder when did I start    
trembling in your presence    
     
I long to reach out to you    
but I hold myself tight    
afraid of what you might say    
     
You've beguiled my mind    
with your poetic roughness    
entering me with your verse    
     
No I dare not speak    
lest I crumble    
and fall into      
passionate eyes    
that have seduced my soul    
     
My heart beating hard    
as I write these lines    
shaking like a little girl    
will you hear me    
as I spill myself upon the page?    
     
Or will you forever close    
the door on the    
lust I feel for you?    

http://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/139100-whisper/

calamitygin
Jennifer Michael McCurry
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Forum Posts: 2047

Beautiful Brenda. I love everything ypu do. 🍒

HadesRising
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Forum Posts: 1616

- - - WARRIOR'S DEATH - - -

My path is laid before me,
But is forked, left to right.
One of clear skies
And one of mist,
Which will lead me
To my rest?
Odin, I pray to you,
In your wisdom,
Show me the way
So I may stay
On the right track.
You suffered for me
So I beg you suffer
My ignorance.
I seek only to find
My way to your hall
And await the day
Of Ragnarök.
Where I may fight
By the side
Of the Gods
And die
My warrior’s death.


(c) 2013 Frank Green

HadesRising
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- - - THE BADDEST MOTHERFUCKER - - -

When I burst from the womb
I was clad in leather and chains
Spiked metal studs and pitiless eyes
Eagerly awaiting the pleasurable pain
When the doctor slapped me
I couldn’t take that, so I kicked his ass
Laid his broken body out
And fucked every nurse to the last

I am…
The Baddest Motherfucker In The World
Like a devil with his wings unfurled
For the ladies there’s no resistance
So, fellas, keep your distance
I have let my leather wings unfurl
‘Cuz I’m…
The Baddest Motherfucker In The World

In high school there were no problems
I just put my boots to necks
When I walked in, the panties dropped
Then I laid them on their backs
I was driving before my nuts fell
The roads are my war zone
A cop once stopped me, but I
Gave him a warning, told him to watch his tone

I am…
The Baddest Motherfucker In The World
Like a devil with his wings unfurled
For the ladies there’s no resistance
So, fellas, keep your distance
I have let my leather wings unfurl
‘Cuz I’m…
The Baddest Motherfucker In The World

I don’t drink beer
It tastes like water
I don’t smoke shit
I’m too high for that
I jack off to UFC
‘Cuz all I see are pussies
Don’t stand in my way
I. WILL. FUCK. YOU. UP.

I drive around in Megatron
I am the fist of Hell
Celebs want to be me
I have no soul to sell
I toss you a sneer
So you can fall from grace
When in my presence
Chuck Norris knows his place

I am…
The Baddest Motherfucker In The World
Like a devil with his wings unfurled
For the ladies there’s no resistance
So, fellas, keep your distance
I have let my leather wings unfurl
‘Cuz I’m…
The Baddest Motherfucker In The World


(c) 2013 Frank Green

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seekingkate
kateA
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The Meeting....
 
They pass each other in the street  
She feels a connection  
Consanguinity  
She turns, so does he  
Their eyes lock in recognition  
 
Drawn together  
She, the magnet  
He, the iron filings  
Their beings surrounded  
By a haunting melody  
 
There they stand
Not touching  
But close enough  
Their energy fields merging  
 
I watch
It is their time  
To meet, to be together  
My job is done  

seekingkate
kateA
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Forum Posts: 2079

white darkness
 

cold beauty fronts me
icy tendrils come searching
falling white darkness

WanderingWillow
Lost Thinker
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Joined 15th Aug 2015
Forum Posts: 65

Happiness Kept Raw


Options are choices that make a tangled mess of toxins
Create, create; stolen from the ghost of the night

Knowing and growing, glowing if so
I promised her one thing, happiness kept raw
I didn't mean to break so easily, caged in with fear
Which direction shall we go?
It's your toy of mysterious magic

Clap, parade around like you're the bear of sound
Roar of the tiger, who's left to watch
Pessimism taking place of reality
Craving attention, starving for beauty
While he takes out his pain in the worst way

Allowing us, you and I, to grip the fear within
Bitter while licking the tips of tongues
What does this even mean?
Im drunk in the first place
I don't give a damn about your actuality
We're all leaving this place eventually
Heaven and hell haven't caught up with me

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